Double-shank hammer-type tool



Feb. 3, 1948. A. CURATOLE DOUBLE- SHANK HAMMER-TYPE TOOL Filed April 16; 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 oooooooozzozz P Inventor flaw 406% W project forwardly from said handle.

Patented Feb. 3, 1948 DOUBLE-SHANK HAMMER-TYPE TOOL Arthur Curatole, Hartford, 001111.; Marie S.

Curatole administratrix of said Arthur Curatole, deceased Application April 16, 1943, Serial No. 483,320

1 Claim. 1

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in tools, and has for its primary object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a device of this character comprising a novel combination and arrangement, whereby a multiplicity of different operations may be conveniently performed with the one implement.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a combination tool of the character described which will be comparatively simple in construction, strong, durable, highly eflicient and reliable in use, compact, light in weight, and which may be manufactured at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein like characters of reference de signate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a combination tool constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a view in horizontal section, taken substantially on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view, taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a view in horizontal section through the handle.

Figure 6 is a detail view in side elevation of the magnetized screw driver.

Referring in detail to the drawing, reference numeral I2 designates a bifurcated handle of wood or other suitable material. Parallel files I3 and I4 are removably secured longitudinally in the kerf I5 of the handle I2 by bolts I6 and The member I3 is a flat metal file and the member I4 is a wood file of segmental cross-section. The forward end portions of the files I3 and I4 are secured in an eye I! of a claw-type hammer head I8 by bolts I9.

Also mounted on the handle I2 is a removable magnetized screw driver 26. The screw driver 26 includes a metallic bar 2I having spaced openings 22 therein which accommodate the bolts I6. Projecting from one end of the bar 2| is a shank 23 which is provided, on its free end, with a bit 24. A passage 25 in the rear end portion of the handle I2 communicates with the kerf I5, through which passage the screw driver extends in a manner to project longitudinally from the rear or inner end of said handle. It will be noted that the bar 2| of the screw driver 20 extends between the 2 rear end portions of the files I3 and I4 in the kerf I5 of the handle I2.

Forwardly of the bolts I6, the handle I2 is further provided with a transverse bore 26 which the kerf I5 intersects. The bore 28 is for the reception of a bolt (not shown) for securing the screw driver 20 in the kerf I5 at right angles to the handle I2, if desired.

It is believed that the many advantages of a combination tool constructed in accordance with the present invention will be readily understood, and although a preferred embodiment of the device is as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that modifications and changes in the details of construction may be resorted to which will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed. For example, a, hatchet head may, if desired, be substituted for the hammer heads.

What is claimed is:

A tool of the character described comprising an elongated bifurcated handle having a kerf extending longitudinally thereinto from one end thereof, a handle shank embodying a pair of elongated members mounted longitudinally in the kerf and projecting from one end of the handle, a spacing member mounted in the kerf between the shank members, and a hammer head mounted on the forward end portions of the shank'members.

ARTHUR CURATOLE.

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